geico. just click away with our free mobile app. >>> welcome back, and we continue now with our story. the kennedy presidency lasted just a thousand days and yet the energy and vitality and excitement from that white house, what was later called camelot, was such that it can still be felt today, but just out of public view it seem the president was taking some incredible risks. now meredith vieira continues her report. >> i think we're privileged to play a part -- >> it was exciting. it was glamorous. it was fun. >> reporter: she was a 19-year-old college kid, an intern in the white house press office. >> as clearly and persuasively as i could. >> reporter: he was the 45-year-old leader of the free world, and she was mesmerized. >> i was sort of swept into this web. >> he said don't do it. can't win. bad year. >> the handsome president. his charisma, his magnetism. >> reporter: mimi alford who was then mimi beardsley says after losing her virginity to president kennedy on her fourth day on t